![Hawaii's central place in the Pacific sex trade circuit has cast a shadow over the islands [pornpipat ruenjaichon/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/9a03f03439ec42a5b496783fcd8abe0c_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Contrary to its idyllic image, Hawaii is a hub for the sex trafficking of girls and women.
![Moore hopes to change systems, institutions, power structures and perceptions - all in order to change the way people like her are treated in the US and around the world [David Maung/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/e7278bb45243449788dc50efaed1782e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
After seeing her friends killed in gang violence, one woman was inspired to take on the scourge of racism in the US.
Contrary to its idyllic image, Hawaii is a hub for the sex trafficking of girls and women.
After seeing her friends killed in gang violence, one woman was inspired to take on the scourge of racism in the US.